On the 28^th of June, 1996 Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine (the Ukrainian Parliament) adopted a new Constitution of Ukraine – the first Constitution of the independent Ukrainian country.   

The deputies were working over this project in the Room of Session for the whole night from the 27^thto 28^th of June.

The members of Parliament took into consideration all President’s remarks, and also supported all arguable articles of the project – about national symbols of Ukraine, about national Ukrainian language, about the private property right in Ukraine.

The adoption of the Constitution secured the legal bases of independent Ukraine, its sovereignty, territorial integrity.

The adoption of the Constitution was an important step to secure human and civil rights, promoted the further rise of the international authority of Ukraine on the world arena.

This Constitution is effective till nowadays.

According to the Constitution, the day of the adoption of the Main Law is a national holiday – the Day of Constitution of Ukraine.       

International Olympic Day 2016

Olympic is known to be one of the most popular sports events in the world.

When is International Olympic Day Celebrated?

23rd June is popular as the International Olympic Day.

When was Olympic Started?

Baron Pierre de Coubertin first initiated this game on 23rd June in the year 1894. Baron Pierre de Coubertin was a famous pedagogue from France. He was highly convinced by the moral of the sports and value of it. Thus, he started replenishing the essence of the Olympic game. He then established a committee for giving the responsibility of arranging Olympic event. He is also famous for his Olympic movement.

Evolution of Olympics

The first Olympic game was appeared at Athens in the year 1896. Then officially National Olympic Committee was established. After that, this game took an international shape and running strong till today.

International Olympic Day Initiation

International Olympic Day was firstly celebrated on 23rd June 1948. During the time of 42nd International Olympic session at St Moritz of Switzerland in the year 1948, the International Olympic Committee firstly declared 23rd June as the “International Olympic Day”

That day was celebrated with the help of nine Nocs from nine different host countries like :

·         Austria

·         Belgium

·         Canada

·         Great Britain

·         Greece

·         Portugal

·         Switzerland

·         Uruguay

·         Venezuela.

How International Olympic Day Celebrated?

National Olympic Committees, shortly NOCs for the last twenty years have arranged this event of sport with the celebration by Olympic Day run. This run includes participants from all over the globe. NOC after and before of 23rd June arranges various activities with the worldwide supporting partner of Olympic, Mc Donald’s, in order to make this event more playful worldwide.

Those activities include:

·         Different kinds of indoor and outdoor games

·         Educational events

·         Cultural activities.

International Olympic Day celebrations

This is the historical year in the celebration of International Olympic Day. Olympic Day Run in the year 2004 was one of the best run to be considered. This year 162 countries took part in the event while the number of countries during 2003 was 141. 1.3 million Crowd including women, children and men celebrated International Olympic Day which made a record in itself. Mc Donald is the worldwide supporting partner of Olympic game from the year 2003. In this year, countries like Hong Kong, Malta and Malaysia determined the beginning and ending spot for Olympic run being the McDonald’s restaurant.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, PAUL McCARTNEY!

Sir James Paul McCartney  (was born on June 18, 1942 in Liverpool) — the British musician, the multi-instrumentalist and the producer, one of founders of The Beatles group, the 16-fold owner of the award "Grammy" , the knight bachelor, the gentleman of an award of the British Empire (MBE) (1965). In 2011 it is recognized as one of the best bass guitarists of all times according to survey conducted by the magazine “Rolling  Stones” . His voice range makes more than four octaves .

The duet Lennon — McCartney became one of the most influential and successful author's unions in the history of modern music . Paul McCartney is repeatedly included in the Guinness Book of Records, in particular, as the most successful musician and the composer of the contemporary history: 60 of its disks have the "gold" status, the general circulation of singles exceeded 100 million, the song "Yesterday" keeps the first place on number of the recorded its cover versions (more than 3700) . " Wings" which became in 1977 the British single first in the history which circulation only in Britain reached a two-million point still heads the list of the British best-sellers of all times .

50 days after Easter - Holy Trinity Day (Svyata Troyitsya) (or "Green Sunday")

This holiday is dedicated to the descent of the Holy Spirit upon the Apostles on the fiftieth day after the Resurrection of Christ (Easter). This event gave rise to Christianity. The meaning of the Holy Trinity is thus: God the Father laid the basis for the church in the Old Testament, the Son brought its meaning into words, and the Spirit acts within it. On this holiday people decorate their houses and apartments with Calamus (an herb) and assorted green branches.

This tradition comes from ancient Judaism, in which the Pentecost, the Feast of Harvest, was celebrated outside amongst flourishing Nature. On Holy Trinity Day people go to a cemetery to visit the tombs of relatives and friends who have passed away. In this holiday has emerged the custom of leaving food on the burial tombs of loved ones though no one claims it's significance or relavance to Christianity.

Traditionally people leave some vodka or other alcohol and something to eat along with it, such as a piece of bread or candy. It is considered a good sign to find that the food and drinks have disappeared upon your next trip to the cemetery! Holy Trinity Day is a very important religious holiday in Ukraine. 

 HELLO, SUMMER LANGUAGE CAMP!
 My third grade students study English . We like to make up dialogues and act them in pairs, sing songs, play and solve crosswords. 

We have fun in our camp! Join us!